diff --git a/test/recipes/15-test_pkey.t b/test/recipes/15-test_pkey.t
index 583608cf0b2ec0..ab039ab8628c09 100644
--- a/test/recipes/15-test_pkey.t
+++ b/test/recipes/15-test_pkey.t
@@ -42,22 +42,27 @@ subtest "=== pkey en-/decryption using AES256-CBC ===" => sub {
 subtest "=== pkey handling of identical input and output files, using 3DES and -traditional ===" => sub {
     plan tests => 4;
 
-    my $encrypted_key2 = 'encrypted_key2.pem';
-    my $inout = 'inout.pem';
-    copy($in_key, $inout);
-    ok(run(app(['openssl', 'pkey', '-des3', '-traditional', '-in', $inout,
-                '-out', $inout, '-passout', 'pass:password'])),
-       "identical infile and outfile, encrypt");
-    copy($inout, $encrypted_key2);
-    ok(run(app(['openssl', 'pkey', '-in', $inout,
-                '-out', $inout, '-passin', 'pass:password'])),
-       "identical infile and outfile, decrypt");
-    is(compare($in_key, $inout), 0,
-       "Same file contents after encrypting and decrypting in same file");
-
-    sub file_line_contains { grep /$_[0]/, ((open F, $_[1]), <F>, close F) }
-    ok(file_line_contains("DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,", $encrypted_key2),
-       "encrypted traditional file contains \"DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,\"");
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "DES isn't supported in this build", 4
+            if disabled("des");
+
+        my $encrypted_key2 = 'encrypted_key2.pem';
+        my $inout = 'inout.pem';
+        copy($in_key, $inout);
+        ok(run(app(['openssl', 'pkey', '-des3', '-traditional', '-in', $inout,
+                    '-out', $inout, '-passout', 'pass:password'])),
+           "identical infile and outfile, encrypt");
+        copy($inout, $encrypted_key2);
+        ok(run(app(['openssl', 'pkey', '-in', $inout,
+                    '-out', $inout, '-passin', 'pass:password'])),
+           "identical infile and outfile, decrypt");
+        is(compare($in_key, $inout), 0,
+           "Same file contents after encrypting and decrypting in same file");
+
+        sub file_line_contains { grep /$_[0]/, ((open F, $_[1]), <F>, close F) }
+        ok(file_line_contains("DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,", $encrypted_key2),
+           "encrypted traditional file contains \"DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,\"");
+    }
 };
 
 subtest "=== pkey handling of public keys ===" => sub {